FLASH: Emailing Flash content

[Michael Truese]

While EXEs may be the easier way out, they do pose a few issues you should

strongly consider:


File size: who wants to be stuck with a download of 300K or so in an email

attachment? Dial-up folks will not be pleased.


File size II: if you are bulk mailing, you're going to clog a LOT of

servers, and could get 'black-holed' for spamming WITH attachments!

Administrators will not be pleased.


Attachments: Right now, Outlook 2000 with all the latest security patches

will take your EXE and 'corral' it from the recipient, never to be seen by

humans again, as it is considered a virus (or carrier). Also, a lot of

corporate email systems do similar things (I speak from actual experience,

as an ex-corporate MIS person, and from customer confusion when I sent EXEs

for project review). A lot of folks will not be pleased.


Macintosh: they don't do EXEs. Mac folks will...oh, you get the mantra.


So, my vote is for the tried and true link to a web site. Ever get a 'card'

from e-greetings? Follow the link....


Mike Truese

Creative Director, Within Reach Concepts

mtruesewreach [dot] com

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